PHOTON International – the world‘s leading photovoltaics magazine –
is currently seeking to fill the following positions:
Business Reporter
With an increasing number of photovoltaics companies heading to the stock market, the successful applicant will report on companies publishing financial results as well as write features about IPOs and investors. Her/his articles will also deal with funding, cost and pricing issues as crucial subjects to further expand the application of PV technology. The post is located in Berlin, Aachen, Madrid, Rome, Hyderabad, Hong Kong, New York or San Francisco.
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
The candidate has at least five years writing experience with news agencies or newspapers. She/he understands how to read and interpret a company‘s balance sheets, possesses excellent writing skills, and is able to work under tight deadlines. In addition to English, fluency in a second language (Spanish, Chinese, German, French) is required. The candidate needs a university degree in business administration or economics. Experience in solar energy is a plus.
Technology Reporter
The successful applicant will cover technical developments in the worldwide photovoltaic markets. To keep our readers up to date about the quickly developing solar world, she/he will participate in worldwide scientific solar energy conferences as well as visit photovoltaic manufacturers. The post is located in Berlin, Aachen, Madrid, Rome, Hyderabad, Hong Kong, New York or San Francisco.
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
The applicant must have a university degree in physics or electrical engineering, and an excellent understanding of the processes involved in PV cell and module manufacturing, and BOS technology. She/he should have at least three years of work experience in the PV industry and be familiar with new developments and the key players in the global PV market. Experience in journalism would be a plus.
What we can offer you
We are a renowned, independent magazine publisher dedicated to the calling of critical journalism. A strict separation between the editorial departments and the advertisement department ensures a journalistic environment completely unaffected by PR. This impartial reporting is exactly why our work is so valued by our readers.
With several publications in the area of solar electricity production (Photovoltaics) and renewable energy, we have been the market leader for years in this quickly growing market segment with our German magazine PHOTON – das Solarstrom-Magazin and our English-language magazine PHOTON International – The Solar Power Magazine. In addition to those titles, we also publish PHOTON – La Revista de Fotovoltaica in Spanish and PHOTON – Il mensile del Fotovoltaico in Italian, as well as a high-circulation end-consumer magazine in German called Haus + Energie. We are the only publisher in the PV sector to operate our own test laboratory, and maintain a constantly growing international network of editorial offices in Aachen, Athens, Berlin, Boston, Hong Kong, Hyderabad, Madrid, New York, Paris, Rome and San Francisco.
We offer our employees wide-ranging possibilities for further education, flexible and family-friendly working hours, a generous vacation package and do our best to create a comfortable working environment, including lavish offices, an excellent IT infrastructure, and free high-quality catering during the entire work day.
For consideration, please email us a cover letter, resume, a salary range sought, work samples and the earliest possible starting date.
PHOTON International is published monthly by PHOTON Europe GmbH, which is headquartered in Aachen, Germany. The PHOTON Group has offices in Athens, Berlin, Boston, Hong Kong, Hyderabad, Madrid, Munich, New York, Paris, Rome, and San Francisco.
Interested applicants
should contact:
PHOTON Europe GmbH
Sigrid Heinrichs
job@photon-magazine.com
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